{"paper":{"title":"The extraordinary gamma-ray flare of the blazar 3C 454.3","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.CO","authors_text":"A. Argan, A. Bulgarelli, A. Ferrari, A. Giuliani, A. Morselli, A. Pellizzoni, A. Rappoldi, A. Trois, A. W. Chen, A. Zambra, C. Labanti, C. Pittori, D. Zanello, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, E. Moretti, E. Scalise, E. Striani, E. Vallazza, F. D'Ammando, F. Fuschino, F. Gianotti, F. Lazzarotto, F. Longo, F. Lucarelli, F. Perotti, F. Verrecchia, G. Barbiellini, G. De Paris, G. Di Cocco, G. Piano, G. Pucella, I. Donnarumma, L.A. Antonelli, L. Pacciani, L. Salotti, M. Feroci, M. Fiorini, M. Galli, M. Giusti, M. Marisaldi, M. Pilia, M. Prest, M. Rapisarda, M. Tavani, M. Trifoglio, P. Caraveo, P. Giommi, P. Lipari, P. Picozza, P. Santolamazza, P. Soffitta, P. W. Cattaneo, S. Colafrancesco, S. Mereghetti, S. Sabatini, S. Vercellone, V. Vittorini, Y. Evangelista","submitted_at":"2010-05-26T17:38:42Z","abstract_excerpt":"We present the gamma-ray data of the extraordinary flaring activity above 100 MeV from the flat spectrum radio quasar 3C 454.3 detected by AGILE during the month of December 2009. 3C 454.3, that has been among the most active blazars of the FSRQ type since 2007, was detected in the gamma-ray range with a progressively rising flux since November 10, 2009. The gamma-ray flux reached a value comparable with that of the Vela pulsar on December 2, 2009. Remarkably, between December 2 and 3, 2009 the source more than doubled its gamma-ray emission and became the brightest gamma-ray source in the sky"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1005.4891","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}